Folding bed



G. R. McALLASTER. FOLDING BED. APPLICATION FILED APR.24. 1919.

Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

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FOLDING BED. APPLlCATION FILED APR. 24, 1919.

Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

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. GEORGE E. MOALLASTETFJ, OF ROCHESTER, NEN YORK.

FOLDING BED.

Application filed April 24, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonen R. MoALLAsinn, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding- Beds, of which the following is a specification,

The present invention relates to folding beds and more particularly to the type in which the bed is mounted to swing from a position of use to an upright position and provison is made for inclosing the bed while in an upright position for the purpose of camouflaging its character. an object of this invention being to provide an inclosing means which may be readily opened so that a proper ventilation of the bed is obtained while at the same time occupants of the bed will not be required to lie with their heads within the inclosing casing.

To these and other ends the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts all of which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front view of the bed showing the screen members open and the bed frame lowered;

Fig. 2 is a View in side elevation showing the parts in the positions illustrated in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the bed showing the bed frame upright and inclosed by the screens;

Fig. 4 is a front view of the bed showing the parts in the positions illustrated in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section through the bed with the parts in the position illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the section being taken in a plane above the bed frame;

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section through the bed with the bed frame in upright position and the screen members inclosin the same; and

Fig. 7 is a detail view of the manner of connecting the uprights of the support to the lower supporting irons.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates the bed frame having a mat tress support 2 thereon for supporting the mattress 3. The bed frame is preferably pivoted at 4 near its head and its foot and has foldable supporting legs 5 of any suit- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

Serial No. 292,263.

able construction. on which the bed frame is pivoted comprises, in this instance, two short uprights 6 connected at their lower ends by a transverse piece 7 and having secured to their sides by fastenings 8, two uprights 9, spacing pieces 10 being interposed between the short uprights 6 and the uprights 9 so as to permit the free swinging movement of the bed frame without interference with the uprights 9. The uprights in this instance, are connected at their upper ends by a cross piece 11 for the purpose of strengthening such uprights. Preferably the upri hts are arranged in spaced relation to the head end of the bed. frame when the latter is in its lowered position.

Connected to the supporting frame is a screening means, which in this instance, comprises two screens 12 and 13 hinged re spectively at 11- and 15 to the uprights 9, the members 12 and 13 being arranged to swing outwardly in parallel relation as shown in Fig. 4 for the purpose of opening the head of the bed so that proper ventilation of the bed may be obtained, especially during the use of the bed. These screen members .are also adapted to be thrown to the positions shown. in in which the screen member 13 will cover the side of the bed frame while the latter is in an upright position, and the screen members 12 will cover the bottom of the bed frame in the upright position of the latter. It is apparent that the screen members 12 may be in positions to cover the bottom of the bed frame while the screen members 13 project outwardly.

A bed constructed in accordance with this invention permits its character to be entirely obscured, while at the same time proper ventilation of the bed is obtained not only while the bed is in an upright or folded position, but also when the bed is in a position of use. The bed inclosing means opens up the bed at the head end so that the user is not required to sleep with his head projected into a partially closed space.

lVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A bed comprising asupport open at its rear, a bed frame mounted on the support to swing from a position of use to an upright position and. when in its position of use. having its head end projecting beyond the rear face of thesupport, screen members mounted on the support to cover the bottom of the The supporting frame support to swing from a position of use to an upright position and, when in its position of use, having its head end projecting beyond the rear face of the support, and screen members hinged to the support adjacent the bed frame pivot and arranged to swing at their rear free edges outwardly and toward the foot of the bed to expose the bed frame between the pivot and the head.

3. A bed comprising a support open at its rear, a bed frame pivoted on the support to swing from a position of use to an upright position, and when in position of use having its head end projecting beyond the rear face of the support, screen members hinged to the support adjacent the pivot of the bed to cover the sides of the bed frame when the latter is upright, said screen members being movable at their free rear edges outwardly and toward the foot of the bed frame to open positions to expose the head of the bed frame between the pivot and the head end, and screen members hinged to the support for covering the bottom of the bed frame when the latter is upright, said screen members being movable to uncover the bed frame in order to permit the latter to swing to a lowered position.

4-. A bed comprising a support having two uprights and open at its rear end, a bed frame pivoted to the support to swing between the uprights from a positionof use to an upright position, the rear face of the sup port being spaced from the head end of the bed frame when the latter is in lowered position, screen members hinged to the uprights to cover the sides of the bed frame when the latter is in upright position and movable to open positions to expose the sides of the bed frame, and screen members also hinged to the uprights for covering the bottom of the bed frame.

GEORGE R. MOALLASTER. 

